This is what good wine from the Touriga Nacional grape tastes like

Touriga Nacional is one of the most important dark-skinned grapes from Portugal. Touriga Nacional produces intriguing, deep red wines with notes of dark fruit and leather. They can develop considerable tannins, which is why many Portuguese winemakers blend Touriga Nacional with other grapes.

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Touriga Nacional originally grows in the Douro valley. Before phylloxera destroyed Europe's vineyards at the end of the nineteenth century, there was barely anything else planted there. But because the small Touriga Nacional grape gives a low yield per hectare, many winemakers later switched to other grapes.

That doesn't change the fact that Touriga Nacional remains very important for the Douro to this day. The law requires at least 20% Touriga Nacional in red wine from DOC Douro. It is also often used in red Port. But both are almost always a blend with other grapes such as Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão and Castelão.

By now, Touriga Nacional - and its countless more or less successful clones - has spread to the south of Portugal, from Bairrada to Alentejo. You can even find Touriga Nacional in Australia these days, and in South Africa, where Port-style fortified sweet wines have been made for years.

We currently have six wines made from the Touriga Nacional grape in our range. You can view our Touriga Nacional wines here.